Frostbite: pathogenesis and treatment.
Abstract: Frostbite, once almost exclusively a military problem, is becoming more prevalent among the general population and should now be considered to be within the scope of the civilian physician's practice. Studies into the epidemiology of civilian frostbite have...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy: a pilot project.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP) is not new. Research documenting the effects in this population has been anecdotal. We evaluated the effects of HBO2 therapy for 25 children (X = 5.6 +/- 1.6 yr) with a functional...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment and pulmonary function.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment exposes the lungs to the potentially toxic effect of free oxygen radicals and may lead to impairment of pulmonary function. HBO2 significantly improves wound healing in patients with osteoradionecrosis of the mandible...
[Susac syndrome: clinical and diagnostic approach. A new case report].
Abstract: The Susac syndrome is made up of the clinical triad: encephalopathy, visual and hearing defects. It is caused by microangiopathy of unknown origin affecting the small arteries of the brain, retina and cochlea. It is very uncommon. It mainly affects young...
Preservation of tumour oxygen after hyperbaric oxygenation monitored by magnetic resonance imaging.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been proposed to reduce tumour hypoxia by increasing the dissolved molecular oxygen in tissue. Using a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, we monitored the changes in MRI signal intensity after HBO exposure...
[Susac syndrome: clinical and diagnostic approach. A new case report].
Abstract: The Susac syndrome is made up of the clinical triad: encephalopathy, visual and hearing defects. It is caused by microangiopathy of unknown origin affecting the small arteries of the brain, retina and cochlea. It is very uncommon. It mainly affects young...
Analysis of oxidative DNA damage and HPRT mutations in humans after hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
Abstract: DNA damage induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) seems to play an important role in the induction of mutations and cancer. We have recently shown that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment of volunteers (i.e., exposure to 100% oxygen at a pressure of 2.5 ATA)...
[New approaches in neurosurgery and hyperbaric medicine–the importance of preventive and industrial medicine].
Abstract: Neurosurgical patients have been mainly treated by surgical procedures over the past decades. In addition, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in neurosurgery has been used in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular diseases, head trauma, spinal damage,...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral palsy: two complications of treatment.
Abstract: There is growing interest in the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO(2)) for children with cerebral palsy. Although there is no rigorous evidence to support this management, private hyperbaric centers have been established throughout the United States and...